Cross-Appointed Faculty


Dr. Jennifer Flynn

Ph.D (University of Virginia)

Office: Medical Education Bldg., M4208
Telephone: 709-864-6029
Email: jflynn@mun.ca
Website:  Link
Areas of Specialization:

  • Moral philosophy
  • Bioethics


Dr. Christopher Kaposy

Program Coordinator, Master of Health Ethics

Ph.D (SUNY, Stony Brook)

Office: HSC-2830
Telephone: (709) 864-3375
Email: christopher.kaposy@med.mun.ca
Website: Link
Areas of Specialization:

  • Cognitive Disability and Prenatal Testing
  • Ethics and Infectious Diseases
  • Vaccine Ethics
  • Ethics of Research in Pregnancy
  • Abortion
  • Public Health Ethics

Dr. Walter Okshevsky

Ph.D (Toronto, O.I.S.E.)

Office: E-3060
Telephone: (709) 737-7613
Email: wokshevs@mun.ca
Website: Link
Areas of Specialization:

  • Critical thinking and Rationality
  • The Nature of Moral and Ethical Argument
  • Philosophical Aspects of Policy Studies and Schooling
  • Moral Education
  • The Theory and Practice of Liberal Education
  • Hermeneutics and Critical Theory in Education

Dr. Daryl Pullman

Ph.D (Waterloo)

Office: HSC-2932
Telephone: (709) 777-6220
Email: dpullman@mun.ca
Website: Link
Areas of Specialization:

  • Research Ethics
  • Ethics and Aging
  • Privacy
  • Issues Related to Genetic Research and Therapy
  • Human Dignity and Moral Epistemology